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The probate courts' uniform standing order (No. 14-AF00015-1 and 2, issued with the 2014 e-filing rules) waiving all county clerk filing fees and deposits for filings by court-appointed attorneys ad litem and guardians ad litem in every proceeding before the courts, extending the guardianship waiver of Estates Code § 1052.051(e) to all proceedings; the e-filing rules add that an ad litem must designate a 'waiver' account in the e-filing provider to secure the waiver.
Texas > Tarrant County > Probate Court No. 1 and Probate Court No. 2 — attorneys ad litem and guardians ad litem appointed by the courts; the County Clerk.
"No. 14-AF00015-1 and 2 … UNIFORM STANDING ORDER ON WAIVER OF FILING FEES OF ATTORNEYS AD LITEM AND GUARDIANS AD LITEM — On this date, the undersigned, acting sua sponte, find and hold as follows: 1. Tex. Est. Code § 1052.051(e) provides for a waiver of any filing fees by an Attorney Ad Litem or Guardian Ad Litem in a guardianship proceeding brought under the Texas Estates Code; 2. It is the policy of these courts that the appointed ad litems not be required to incur or pay filing fees in their service as ad litems in proceedings in addition to guardianship proceedings; IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that any filing fees or deposits otherwise required of persons filing documents in the office of the county clerk of this county in all proceedings before these courts be, and they are hereby, waived for filings by Attorneys Ad Litem and Guardians Ad Litem appointed by these courts. This order is effective as of the date it is entered." (Court Rules for E-Filing § VI.A.2: "To ensure waiver of filing fees when e-filing as an ad litem, a 'waiver' account must be designated in the 'Firm Administration' (or similar) section of the EFSP Account.")
"No. 14-AF00015-1 and 2 … UNIFORM STANDING ORDER ON WAIVER OF FILING FEES OF ATTORNEYS AD LITEM AND GUARDIANS AD LITEM — On this date, the undersigned, acting sua sponte, find and hold as follows: 1. Tex. Est. Code § 1052.051(e) provides for a waiver of any filing fees by an Attorney Ad Litem or Guardian Ad Litem in a guardianship proceeding brought under the Texas Estates Code; 2. It is the polic
Reviewer note: Own-site instrument printed as Appendix Two (page 25) of the posted Court Rules for E-Filing (same custody PDF); read in full 2026-09-06; quoted verbatim. Composed benchpath-ajr8-tarrant (own-site lane).
Dallas County Standing Order Regarding Children, Pets, Property and Conduct of the Parties (Family District Courts General Orders, current edition F2026/05, revised Jan. 31, 2026 — a re-adoption of the same operative text by the current bench: Hon. Kim Brown (254th), Vonda Bailey (255th), Sandre Streete (256th), Ashley Wysocki (301st), Sandra Jackson (302nd), LaDeitra Adkins (303rd), and Andrea D. Plumlee (330th)), as registered in the statewide TOPICs local-rules registry (posted 01/11/2023). The order "applies in every divorce suit and every suit affecting the parent-child relationship filed in Dallas County" automatically, without request: child-disruption prohibitions, pet protection, party-conduct restraints, divorce-case property/records/insurance freezes with specific authorizations, mandatory petition attachment, and its TRO-to-temporary-injunction lifecycle.
General Order of the Civil District Courts sitting in Dallas County (signed April 6, 2020 by the thirteen civil presiding judges), as registered in the statewide TOPICs local-rules registry (posted 10/07/2023): the 25-page limit on motions and briefs with formatting floors — the instrument the individual courts' policies cite as the amended page-limit rule.